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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Mr=2E_Ant=C3=B3nio_Guterres?= <buhariyusuf150@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.011@internet.ru
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2021 09:55:18 +0100
Subject: For Your Payment

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How are you, Hope all is well with you and your family, You may not
understand why this mail came to you, United Nations Anti-Crime
Commission have been having a meeting for the past 3 weeks which ended
20 September, 2021 with the World Bank Compensation Settlement Unit
and USA Secretary of State.

This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of
the world, and the people that have been affected by Hurricane and
COVID-19 pandemic World Bank Compensation Settlement Unit and United
Nations Anti-Crime Commission have agreed to compensate them with the
sum of Three Million United States Dollars ($USD3,000,000.00) each.

Your name and email was in the list submitted by the Monitoring Team
of United Nations Anti-Crime Commission observers and this is why we
are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Mr. Chongrak Rattanapian Foreign Payment
Coordinator Kasikorn Bank Bankok Thialand, as he is our
representative, contact him immediately for your check/International
Bank Draft of Three Million United States Dollars ($USD3,000,000.00)
This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose so he will send it
to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number
with your correct mailing address, where you want him to send the
Draft to you.

Contact Mr. Chongrak Rattanapian immediately for your Check:
E-MAIL: infokkbn@citromail.hu
Name: Mr. Chongrak Rattanapian

Good-luck and kind regards,
Mr. António Guterres
U.N. Secretary-General
UN making the world a better place

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